“His first orders of business were far from easy: Firing over 200 employees and cutting the artist roster by nearly 90 percent … Starting nearly from scratch, he then built Elektra – via acts like Metallica, Anita Baker, Motley Crue, 10,000 Maniacs, The Cure, The Pixies, The Sugarcubes (featuring Bjork) and others – into a powerhouse.”
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The Perilous Art Of Restoring Leonardo’s Art
In 2011, the Louvre’s director of conservation, Ségolène Bergeon Langle, resigned in the midst of a scandal that followed the restoration of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne” (c. 1503). Begun in 2009, the restoration was supposed to be a celebratory event to kick off a series of restorations of Leonardo paintings in the Louvre’s collection (of 15 known to exist, the museum owns six). However, Langle, along with other experts, felt the conservators had gone too far in removing the various layers of yellowed varnish, eliminating or modifying original aspects of the painting.
Arts Council England Report: Arts Organizations Not Doing Enough To Serve Disabled
“According to the annual population survey, the percentage of the working age population with some form of disability is 19%. The report found that, in 2014/15, 26 of the largest NPOs – those that employ more than 50 people – had no disabled employees at all.”
Paul Dresher Remembers Pauline Oliveros
“While she was fully grounded in the practicalities of making music, living and thriving in the physical world, she was always able to connect directly to that place in our less-than-conscious experience of the world—a place where we experience the moment more deeply than we assume possible and a place that can reveal mystery and magic.”
Trump To Offer Inaugural Gig To Andrea Bocelli?
A source exclusively told Page Six, “Trump has a long-standing relationship with Bocelli, and wants to ask him in person to perform. The plan is to have acts at the inauguration that are meaningful for Trump, and he’s a huge fan of Bocelli.”
Only Marina Abramović Could Have A 70th Birthday Party Like This
“Facilitators in white lab coats’ – art students who told me they found the gig through Craigslist and similar services – were stationed about the atrium, applying swatches of gold leaf to participants’ mouths. … The decoration was meant to recall both Orthodox Christian icons and the Ayurvedic practice of feeding gold and honey to infants. It was messy and got in the men’s beards and made everyone look like they had just swallowed a Klimt.”
When Music Teams Up With Other Art, The Results Can Be… Less
Anne Midgette: “This kind of conceptual kinship, an inspiration of approach, is the only real link between a painting and the work of music it inspires. Yet the idea that music can convey something literal, and that conveying it will make the resulting piece more “accessible,” is widespread, and pernicious.”
US Senate Passes Bill Protecting Art Loaned By Foreign Museums From Seizure
The legislation could end a years-long cultural cold war with Russia, which has refused to loan works since 2010 due to lawsuits filed in the US over objects seized during the Bolshevik Revolution.
New York Times Kills Its ‘Inside Art’ Column
“[The paper’s art editor] said that cramming a bunch of art-market nuggets into a single day had become inconvenient, especially as websites publishing market scoops (this one included) became able to put up those kinds of stories untethered to a publication schedule.”
Whoa, Did Mozart Really Outsell Beyoncé This Year?
That’s what Universal Classics says: a major Mozart release this fall has sold 1.25 million CDs so far. In fact, it all depends on what exactly you’re counting.